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media mention April 11, 2016 Democracy Now: Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca Set Up 1,000+ Companies Inside U.S.
“The massive data leak known as the Panama Papers has revealed the law firm Mossack Fonseca set up more than 1,000 shell companies inside the United States, once again raising… -
media mention April 11, 2016 Info-Europa: Social Media Takes On the Panama Papers Leak Through Cartoons
“Often, the person establishes a so-called shell company, which lacks any real operations and exists mainly on paper. “In Wyoming, Nevada and DE, it’s possible to create these shell corporations… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Opposing Views: Massive Data Leak Reveals Tax Havens, Shell Companies
“By using shell companies, Mossack Fornesca’s clients are able to avoid the government and the public learning “even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Morning News USA: Panama Papers Prove American Billionaires Are Sneakiest In The World
Speaking with the NBC News, Matt Gardner of the The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said it’s also possible that American billionaires who were not implicated in the… -
media mention April 8, 2016 The News Tribune: Have an offshore? Maybe you’re feeling indigestion
“The leak may change the long-term behavior of wealthy Americans, said Matt Gardner, executive director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington-based public policy group. “This certainly… -
media mention April 8, 2016 WNYC The Brian Lehrer: Panama Papers Highlight Secretive Banking on US Soil
“Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, an arm of Citizens for Tax Justice (a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on tax policies… -
media mention April 8, 2016 The Herald: State relies on an unfair, insufficient tax system
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan and nonprofit research group, said Washington state had the nation’s most unfair state and local tax system, leading its… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Alaska Dispatch News: It’s time for Alaskans to put skin in the game, fund government through taxes
“At a rate of 1.5% of taxable income, an Alaska couple with one child, with a household income of $60,000 a year, would pay about $200 a year, according to… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Lawyer Herald: Panama Paper Firm Connected to Over 1,000 US Companies Since 2001
“”If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Los Angeles Times: For just $309, you too can hide your assets — in the U.S.
“The mechanisms are pretty much the same here,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit in Washington. “There’s nothing special happening in… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Rules kill Pfizer deal, but experts doubt Johnson Controls-Tyco tie-up will die
“Matthew Gardner, a critic of inversions who is executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said this week’s move by the Treasury Department clearly had an immediate… -
media mention April 8, 2016 New York Times: Need to Hide Some Income? You Don’t Have to Go to Panama
“In Wyoming, Nevada and Delaware, it’s possible to create these shell corporations with virtually no questions asked,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Dhaka Tribune: Why Americans not included in #PanamaPapers
“First, this was a leak of more than 11m documents, and it will take some time for the ICIJ to scour them. “So maybe there are revelations about specific Americans… -
media mention April 8, 2016 Reno Gazette Journal: Panama Papers firm has Nevada ties
““If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,… -
media mention April 8, 2016 KENS5: 1,000 secret Nevada firms, 2 overseas addresses
“We shouldn’t be thinking about this as a Panamanian problem,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C. “We should be thinking… -
media mention April 7, 2016 Quartz: Sorry, David Cameron-“private” offshore holdings are indeed a matter of public interest
“Political casualties are mounting fast in the wake of the Panama Papers—a historic leak of confidential documents from a Panama-based law firm that revealed connections between a number of world… -
media mention April 7, 2016 New York Times: Panama Papers Leak Casts Light on a Law Firm Founded on Secrecy
“Panama isn’t the real story,” said Matt Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research group based in Washington. “This leak is giving a… -
media mention April 6, 2016 WTSP: The “Panama Papers”: 6 key takeaways
“I’m not sure any of us are raising our eyebrows at much of anything here,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, adding that… -
media mention April 6, 2016 Voice of America: Why So Few Americans Named in Panama Papers?
“If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns… -
media mention April 6, 2016 Virginia Connection Newspapers: Arlington: The Undocumented American Story
“An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that, in 2012, 8.1 million of the nation’s 11.4 million undocumented immigrants paid state and local taxes, totalling $11.8… -
media mention April 6, 2016 Inquirer: Undocumented Filipinos, think tanks debunk freeloading charge
“A study by the non-profit, non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) revealed that some 8.1 million of the 11.4 million undocumented workers paid close to $12 billion in… -
media mention April 6, 2016 Christian Science Monitor: What do the Panama Papers have to do with inequality? A whole lot.
The questions go beyond whether the financial activities were legal or illegal. The news puts names and faces on the problems of political cronyism and tax evasion by the… -
media mention April 6, 2016 NBC: Why Are Americans Not Included in the Panama Papers?
“First, this was a leak of more than 11 million documents, and it will take some time for the ICIJ to scour them. “So maybe there are revelations about specific… -
media mention April 6, 2016 International Business Times: Why Aren’t More Americans In The Panama Papers? Secrecy, Tax Laws In Nevada, Other States Provide Havens
“A very small number of states are notorious for allowing pretty much anybody to start a company in the state without requiring even the most basic information,” said Matthew Gardner,… -
media mention April 6, 2016 CNN: Panama Papers and America’s problem
“Anonymous shell corporations and secret bank accounts are vital resources for those engaged in tax evasion and money laundering. But this web of secrecy has started to crumble in recent…